📅 On This Day in Military History

December 3

1 event across history

⚔️📍 Hohenlinden, Bavaria, Germany1800

Battle of Hohenlinden — France Defeats Austria Again

French General Moreau defeated an Austrian army in a snowstorm using a brilliant envelopment, cutting off and routing the Austrian forces. The battle ended Austrian military resistance in Germany.

Hohenlinden, combined with Marengo, forced Austria to sign the Treaty of Lunéville — leaving France dominant in Europe and setting up the Napoleonic system.

Outcome

French victory; Austria sues for peace; Treaty of Lunéville follows

Casualties

20,000